Breast implants: Your opinion...

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Elledan

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Nuff said: They're useless, cost a lot of money and it'll make a female look really weird when she gets older. I mean: when everything is getting wrinkled and shifting, the breasts will stay the same...

Let me repeat myself: There's absolutely NO need for breast implants.

But if she wants it, let her do it, just make sure she's aware of the risks, costs and how she'll look later ;)

Handle women like a lawyer treats his clients: make sure they can't blame you.

BTW the same counts for males :)
 

chess9

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It's her body, let her defile it.

You defile yours nightly. :p

When I was a young man I dated the most gorgeous black woman on the planet for about a year. (I'd love to know what she did with her life, but I lost track of her about 15 years ago.) Anyway, she was about a 38 D. Which is ample, but they worked just fine, if you know what I mean. Well, about 6 months after we broke up we were having lunch and she turned to me and said:

"I've decided to have breast reduction."

WHAAAAAAAAAAAAT?

"You heard me."

Why are you doing such a stupid thing, I asked?

"Thanks for the support. I knew I could count on you."

But, Rachel, you've got one of the hottest bodies on the planet. Most girls would cut out their tongue to have your figure.

"I sent my photos to Playboy and they never called me. It could only be the large size of my breasts."

Ugh, Rachel, Rachel....

And this was a very, very, liberal lady. You'd think she wouldn't have bought into that whole schtick. But no, she fell for it hook, bra, and panties. Of course, she was about 23, so....

Anyway, about a month later we went to lunch again. I'd completely forgotten about the breast reduction idea. The first words out of her mouth were:

"Well, what do you think."

Huh, I said. About what?

"I had the surgery."

Oh, they look great, I said as we stood in front of the restaurant only imagining what all the scar tissue was like.

The funny part of this story is there was NO apparent change in her breast size. Truly wierd.

And some people ask me why I finally married a conservative, Republican woman. :p

Some women are d*mn scary!!
 

jsm

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I have a female friend with them. And they are hot. :)

If you don't have em, get em.
 

NikPreviousAcct

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as opposed to a male friend with them?!

after all... suffocation is a HELL of a great way to go...

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viper007

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I think we should have a pole or something! What guy here actually likes breast implants!

Simple..Just show her the results! When she finds out that guys don't dig em' she won't get em'!! Easy as pie!

Cheers.. :)
 

seewhy

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Save the money and go get some confidence ounseling or something. If a woman need the implement to boost self confidence, it will never be enough, there will always be something else to fix and those thing shouldn't be the ones that boost a person's self confidence. If she wants to please the guys she is with, the guy is probably too superficial anyway. She should find something to do like being good in a sport, good in study, be in some afterschool activity and stuff and be happy about her life instead of worrying about how she look.

IMHO, natural lady beats Baywatch women any day, and from may post here, I am not the only one.
 

kami

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I personally don't like them....but if it somehow makes them feel better, whatever. Sometime in the future when I'm uhhh...gettin some action with my woman.. I don't want to feel something FAKE when we start having fun. Know what I mean? It may look good, but yuck...nasty. But you know if she really wasn't happy about them I would be totally supportive...after letting her know how it's not necessary and I love her how she is. I'm more a legs 'n ass man myself anyway ;)
 

MissingLinc

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I saw an ABC Dateline (IIRC) show on breat augmentation way back in 1996 and they were talking about the pro's and con's and social issues, etc.

As for safety, they also mentioned the use of soy oil implants that are supposed to be much safer than the saline implants (only legal filler here in the USA, according to them). We just have to wait out FDA approval in the USA. A friend mentioned the other day that they were still not available last time she checked.

I guess you could always go to another country and find a reputable doctor.
 

Dameon

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Personally, I agree with the general concensus:
- Too often done in an attempt to cure low self esteem
- Has a tendancy to cheapen women
- Potential health issues / side effects.

However, people do have a right to choose this. Similar things can be said about tatoos. Include with that the potential for used / dirty needles and the transmission of HIV / Hepatitis or lord knows what else.

My wife has mentioned the idea, as she is a small chested woman, but I don't encourage it.
 

kduncan5

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<<In our society models and actress are what women are &quot;supposed to look like&quot;>>

Of everything that was said with this topic, this is the statement that irritates me to no end. This is what the media hypes, and this is what women get bombarded with every day. This is also the reason alot of women are so uncomfortable, and self conscious with their bodies; and the reason some women think that implants will solve everything. It's sad that the media has to promote this philosophy.

Personally, I think breast implants are rediculous, unless they're medically necessary. -kd5-

 

Mday

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for a moment, that &quot;colon&quot; (:) made me think this was a poll...


anyway, it's the woman's body, so it's up to the woman. yeah, i am pro choice (anti abuse).

but for me, implants suck. they're ugly and &quot;unhealthy&quot;
 

jsm

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There are indeed male breast implants. They are for men who don't want to work out, but want to have big man breasts.
 

alocurto

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If girls want implants that is fine with me. If they don't not a problem either. But silicon is very important to us. If every girl got a boob job there would be lots of boobs and less computers... tough call. But I guess they use Saline now so... Pump em' up!
 

tinneric

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Too many of you guys are concerned about how thay feel to you, it is not about us guys, it is about what the woman wants. I can tell you too that they do not always lose sensitivity, many do not and many get more sensitve. I know many woman who love them, and not one that I know dislikes them.
 

sweetrobin

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I'm with Isla ... all my boobs have ever been is a pain in the chest ... my whole life mine have been large ... I was the only girl I knew in the 4th grade wearing a real bra .. completely skipped the training stage ... I dread trying to find a bra when E_mc_2 and I decide to have children ...its amazing .. women with small chests envy women with big boobs because they have alot of attention on them .. but women with large breasts eny smaller women because they dont have the attention on them not to mention they can find bras and tops that are cute that actually fit correctly . E_mc_2 thinks its great that I have plenty of cleavage. And he thinks it wil be great for me to breastfeed when he have children .. wonder if he will still like them when the head further south ?? lol .. oh well personally I try not to dwell on the boob issue .. but i think a smaller natural woman is more attractive than one with huge fake ones ...
 

ArkAoss

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sweet robin, don't think to soon, a good friend of mine had a son, and her chest shrunk according to her. . so you might end up that way too, she feels she needs implants now.